Firefighters on the roof and inside a home on 44th SW battled flames in the early morning hours of Feb. 28. One man suffered burns and smoke inhalation.
UPDATE 10:00 am
The fire was determined to be accidental with $150,000 in loss to structure, $10,000 in loss to contents. A dried Christmas tree too close to fireplace was determined to be the cause.
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A fire in the 4400 block of 44th SW brought 22 units from around West Seattle around 3:10am on Saturday. The single family 2 story home was engulfed in flames as firefighters battled to control the fire.
Seattle Fire PIO Sue Stangl said that firefighters arriving on scene described heavy amounts of smoke coming out of 3 sides of the house.
"It appears to be a house on this side but fortunately when they arrived the person that was in the house at the time of the fire was outside and was able to explain to them that there was another area behind the house that had some residents in. That person was very helpful unfortunately he did suffer some burns and smoke inhalation and he was taken to Harborview Hospital in critical condition.
At that point the firefighters were able to concentrate on making sure the fire didn't extend to the back area where the other residents were and also make sure the other structure was evacuated. They worked really aggressively and were able to get a large body of the fire was knocked down. Then they worked to make sure the fire was out in all the void spaces."
